Singtel confirms digital burglary at Dialog subsidiary
Singtel has confirmed that another Australian business it owns, consulting unit Dialog, has fallen victim to a cyber burglary just weeks after the mammoth data leak at telco Optus was revealed.intruders may have accessed company data"potentially affecting fewer than 20 clients and 1,000 current Dialog employees as well as former employees."
The unauthorized access to its servers was first detected on September 10. These systems were shut down as a"preventative measures" but restored and fully operational again two days later. "We contracted a leading cybersecurity specialist to work with our IT team to undertake a deep forensic investigation and continuous monitoring of the dark web. Our ongoing investigations showed no unauthorized downloading of data," Singtel added.
This was until last last week, October 7, when the business was directed to a"very small sample of Dialog's data, including some employee personal information" published on the dark web. "We are doing our utmost to address the situation and, as a precaution, we are actively engaging with potentially impacted stakeholders to share information, support and advice," Singtel said.
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